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Shanghai (chn)

China

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Shanghai ranks 113th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Minsk, Ljubljana, and Havana. Memorable people born in Shanghai include Soong Ching-ling, Soong Mei-ling, and Tsung-Dao Lee. Memorable people who died in Shanghai include Lu Xun, Li Keqiang, and Huo Yuanjia. Shanghai has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and actors. Shanghai is located in China.

Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the second largest in the world, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the most populous in China, with 29.87 million residents. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 13 trillion RMB. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, tourism, and culture. The Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, Shanghai was the birth place of 113 globally memorable people, including Soong Ching-ling, Soong Mei-ling, and Tsung-Dao Lee. Additionaly, 22 globally memorable people have passed away in Shanghai including Lu Xun, Li Keqiang, and Huo Yuanjia.

People Born in Shanghai

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People Deceased in Shanghai

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Shanghai were actors (20), athletes (19), politicians (15), soccer players (9), and swimmers (8),  while most who died were politicians (10), actors (5), writers (2), martial arts (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shanghai, including Joan Chen, Kenneth Tsang, and Roy Chiao. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shanghai, including Joan Chen, Ruan Lingyu, and Kenneth Tsang.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Shanghai since 1700.